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REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John!

2013-11-29 · Hank, John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · conversation qa

Together at their parents' home for Thanksgiving, Hank and John answer viewer questions in a Question Friday: rereading TFIOS, favorite book series, an arm-wrestling match, catchphrases, family photos, pie and the last turkey, drawings of each other, DFTBA.com's Black Friday shipping and how to make a good P4A video.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greetings; Question Friday with real questions from real Nerdfighters

  • ★★ The description says the brothers are in North Carolina visiting their parents for Thanksgiving and are thankful for each other, their families and viewers. — 00:00:00 · Thanksgiving

00:00:05 — How often they have read The Fault in Our Stars; favorite book series

  • ★★ John says he has read the finished hardcover of The Fault in Our Stars zero times, since there are many books by others he could read. (playful) — 00:00:07 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ Hank has read The Fault in Our Stars twice, once before and once after it came out. — 00:00:19 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ John says his favorite book series will always be Harry Potter, though he likes Divergent a lot. — 00:00:24 · Harry Potter

00:00:27 — Arm-wrestling match; crying at John's books; catchphrases for each other; eggs

  • ★★ Asked who would win at arm wrestling, the brothers arm-wrestle; John concedes, saying he could have kept going but was laughing too hard, and Hank claims he won with his wit. (playful) — 00:00:27
  • ★ Both brothers say they have cried at one of John's books, Hank joking that he looked at it and cried. (playful) — 00:00:43
  • ★★ Giving each other catchphrases, Hank gives John 'Imagine complexly!' and John gives Hank 'fart fart fart'. (playful) — 00:00:52

00:01:04 — Childhood family photos; who is hotter; dance montage

  • ★ They show childhood family photos from the albums in the room they are in, including John giving Hank a bear hug. — 00:01:04

00:01:28 — Thanksgiving: turkey not pizza, one pumpkin pie, eating the last turkey on Earth

  • ★★ They have turkey, not pizza, for a normal Thanksgiving; both prefer pumpkin pie, and there is only one pumpkin pie this year. — 00:01:28 · Thanksgiving
  • ★★ Hank would not eat John if John were the last turkey on Earth; John is amused that anyone would eat the last turkey on Earth, which Hank likens to eating the last ivory-billed woodpecker. (playful) — 00:01:48

00:02:14 — Drawings of each other; worst candy; bad jokes

  • ★★ They show drawings of each other: Hank's on sparkle-pen paper, apparently with a Hanklerfish earring for John, and John's of Hank as a beaver playing the guitar. (playful) — 00:02:14
  • ★ John recalls a contemporary art performance where the Chinese artist handed out hard candy that tasted like crabs, very bad candy. — 00:02:37

00:02:57 — DFTBA.com Black Friday: $3 shipping on all orders, even international

  • ★★★ For Black Friday DFTBA.com has $3 shipping on all orders, no matter the size, even international. — 00:03:00 · DFTBA Records
  • ★★ Hank suggests viewers tell friends and family looking for Christmas presents for them about the offer. (hedged) — 00:03:10 · DFTBA Records

00:03:13 — How to make a good Project for Awesome video

  • ★★★ John says a good P4A video does not just talk to the camera about why a charity matters to you but shows the charity at work. — 00:03:16 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank says a P4A video is basically pitching a charity: explain why it is important, why it is a big deal and why it matters to you personally. — 00:03:23 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John says the best P4A videos can also be used by the charities in their outreach to donors; Hank says they love that and hope it happens a lot this year. — 00:03:31 · Project for Awesome

00:03:42 — Have they always been close; sign-off

  • ★★ Asked if they have always been close, John says no, but they have always liked each other. — 00:03:42

Humor (significant)

  • Asked how many times he has read The Fault in Our Stars, John checks that it means the finished hardcover. — 00:00:13 > «Zero.»
  • There is only one pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving and both brothers want it, John says, almost like The Hunger Games. — 00:01:44 > «in that one of us is gonna be hungry and the other of us is gonna be dead.»
  • A viewer just says 'bad jokes', so John offers a physics joke. — 00:02:51 > «I'd tell you a physics joke but you'd probably find it BOHRing»
  • Hank follows with a literary joke. — 00:02:54 > «But, you know, jokes about Dorian Gray, they never get old.»

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